Life Returns to "Normal"

Whatever that is! Well - its not working seven days a week for one thing. And it's having time to really talk with our customers. And we can take that "we're sorry but we can't gift wrap during the holiday season" sign down. The Christmas window display is gone. Our remaining holiday stock is on sale for the next two weeks along with the unsold 2010 calendars. And almost every time I write a sales slip, I write 12/2009 and have to cross it out to make it 1/2010. And I still have to figure out whether to say "two thousand and ten" or "twenty-ten," but there's plenty of time for that. Almost enough time for everything. The craziness of the holiday season is definitely fun in its own special way . . . but I mostly prefer "normal!"